Brainology Program

It stands for neuro-linguistic programming. Richard Bandler and John Grinder created it in the United States in the 1970s, drawing on how three well-known therapists worked. Its techniques, such as anchoring, reframing and the meta-model, are exercises in noticing how a situation is pictured and worded. It is a self-development practice with limited research behind its specific claims, and it is not a treatment.

The 2012 health review found limited evidence, while the eye-movement experiments did not support using those cues to detect lying. Neither finding establishes a clinical use for the exercises here.

Related, but not the same thing. NLP grew partly from studying a noted hypnotherapist, and one strand of it uses a deliberately vague, story-like way of speaking meant to induce a trance. The exercises described on this page are questions and guided imagery, and you can stop any of them at any point.

It can help you look at one closely. A belief such as “I never finish anything” is usually built from a few experiences and then applied everywhere. NLP questions ask which experiences, how often and compared with whom, and reframing offers a more exact sentence. Whether a belief shifts depends on you and on what you do next. The trials of NLP techniques are few and mixed, so use it to examine a belief and expect no promise from it.

NLP guidance is available with Narayani. There is no fixed session count promised here. Tell the team what you want to work on; they explain the proposed format, fee and preparation before you decide.